Government and Industry Researchers
CRA-W sponsors a number of activities for women researchers working in industrial and government research labs. While some of these activities are specifically focused on women in industrial and government labs, others have a broader focus but are nonetheless relevant to these researchers. Both types of activities are included here.
Early-Career Mentoring Workshop (CMW)The labs track of the CMW workshop (CMW-L) provides mentoring and information for junior professionals in government and industry research labs, as well as PhD students interested in pursuing careers in those labs. Advanced Career Mentoring Workshop (CAPP)The labs track of the CAPP workshop (CAPP-L) helps mid-career women working in industry or government research labs significantly advance in their careers, either to reach the top of the technical ladder as a distinguished scientist or fellow, or to enter into research management. Travel SupportGrants for travel to workshops and conferences for women in industry and government labs. Distinguished Lecture Series (DLS)The Distinguished Lecture Series sends researchers working in labs to campuses to encourage women and minorities to attend graduate school and consider careers in research. Discipline-specific Mentoring WorkshopsThese workshops provide career mentoring advice and discipline-specific overviews of a particular field. Workshops help young researchers in industry and government labs develop interest and knowledge about the discipline. Some speakers are drawn from research labs. Lab-researcher tracks at the Grace Hopper ConferenceCRA-W sponsors several activities at GHC specifically for industry/government lab researchers, including an informal gathering at breakfast or lunch, and various panels aimed at women in industry and government labs. Grad CohortThe Grad Cohort workshop invites women from research labs to speak about their experience to first and second year graduate students; it also provides the opportunity to network with other women speakers from research labs. Borg Early Career AwardThis award recognizes women working in industrial/government research labs who have had a positive and significant impact on advancing women in the computing research community. ResearcHersResearcHers is a discussion mailing list whose purpose is to provide a space for communication and networking of women in computer science research, breaking the isolation of women computer scientists in industry, government labs, and academia. |
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Catherine has over 15 years of research and industry experience. Prior to joining eBay, she was the CTO of Kaidara Inc. where she designed tools to structure and analyze customer data for the automotive, retail and pharmaceutical industry. Prior to that, Catherine worked at the PriceWaterhouseCoopers technology center in R&D for five years and was a principal investigator at the NASA Ames Research Center for six. At PWC she used text mining to classify, extract and monitor information from the web and for the company’s knowledge management system. At NASA, she worked in a multi-disciplinary team with scientists, engineers and the Stanford Center for Design Research to develop information access tools that could learn from their interaction with users. Catherine has a PhD in computer science from Pierre et Marie Curie University in Paris, France. Teaching LOGO programming to fifth graders as a graduate student introduced her to Artificial Intelligence. This led her to become a postdoctoral scholar at the Stanford Knowledge Systems Lab, where she was attracted to the lab's experimental approach to research. Catherine enjoys good coffee, painting and Chinese qi gong. She was born in France to Russian and Sicilian immigrants and lives in Palo Alto with her husband and two sons. Research LabsThe following North American organizations are actively pursuing research in computer science. Please send mail to correct any omissions. Argonne National Lab |
